Japanese name: ツピダンサス Scientific name:Schefflera pueckleri
[Overview]
An evergreen small tree 6–12 m tall.
It is somewhat epiphytic, and its tips climb other trees.
The branches initially have scale-like hairs.
The leaves are alternate, with long leaf stalks, and palmately compound with 5–11 leaflets.
The leaflets are oblong, 15–30 cm long and 6–10 cm wide, leathery, glossy, and entire.
The flowers are green and borne in umbels or compound umbels at the branch tips.
The fruit is round.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings or layering.
Ideally, keep it at 5°C or higher over winter.
It prefers a sunny site with fertile, well-drained soil.
It also tolerates shade.
From spring to autumn, water thoroughly when the soil surface dries; in winter, keep it on the dry side.
From spring to autumn, apply slow-release fertilizer placed on the soil.
Scale insects can occur.
